ABSTRACT

The main aim of conducting this project is to control a maximum of eight electrical appliances by just using a TV remote. Normal IR circuits can switch only one device. But using this circuit, different devices can be controlled using same remote with different switches. In this circuit, we interfaced 8 devices. These devices are switched using remote keypad -1 to 8. AT89C2051 microcontroller is used to control the inputs and outputs. TSOP 1736 (infrared receiver) is used to receive the infrared signals from TV Remote. ULN2803 (High voltage, high current) buffer is used to drive relays. A working system will ultimately be demonstrated to validate the design.

INTRODUCTION
Infrared (IR) light is an electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.7 micrometers, and extending conventionally to 300 micrometers. These radiations with a frequency below our eyes sensitivity cannot be seen, but can only be felt by our skin temperature sensors. Infra-Red is interesting, because it is easily generated and doesn't suffer electromagnetic interference and so it is widely used in communication and control circuits. The adventure of using lots of infra-red in TV/VCR remote controls helped engineers to work on innovative projects like controlling home appliances using TV remotes etc. A TV remote that follows RC5 Protocol is used here. Receiver in the circuit receives pulsed IR rays from the remote and sends them to a microcontroller that plays the role of a decoder. Decoded signal is thus received by relay driver ICs whose output activates the corresponding home appliance. Thus this circuit can control the ON/OFF process of eight appliances. One of the major advantages of this circuit is to control any appliances by just being in our living room. A major disadvantage is that obstacles on the path of IR rays can block its remote sensing capabilities.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

BLOCK DIAGRAM EXPLANATION

As seen in the block diagram, our circuit consists of an IR transmitter, an IR receiver, decoder, relay driver IC and relays. 3.1 IR TRANSMITTER The IR transmitter used in the circuit is a TV remote. As mentioned earlier a remote that follows RC5 Protocol is being used in this circuit. A Phillips TV remote is a best example for such remotes. As per this, IR signals from the remote are modulated by a carrier frequency of 36 kHz. This is because there are many other IR sources like sun, light bulbs, fire etc. In order to exclude other sources, IR signal is modulated. 3.2 IR RECEIVER The IR receiver in the circuit is TSOP 1736. These are capable of receiving pulsed IR rays of 36 kHz only and can receive no other frequencies. It receives the signals from the transmitter and retrieves the original modulating signal from the 36 kHz carrier. The front end of this module has a PIN photodiode and the input signal from the remote is passed into an Automatic Gain Control (AGC) stage from which the signal passes into a Band pass filter and finally into a demodulator. The demodulated output drives an NPN transistor. The collector of this transistor forms the output of the module. 3.3 IR DECODER The microcontroller AT89C2051 is used as the IR decoder in the circuit. It is flashed with a program that decodes the RC5 Protocol. It is designed to control the inputs and outputs. The demodulated output from the receiver will be sensed and decoded using this microcontroller. Thus it helps to determine which device is being operated by the user. 3.4 RELAY DRIVER IC As we all know ULN2803 is used as the relay driver IC. It consists of octal high voltage, high current Darlington transistor arrays. The eight NPN Darlington connected transistors in this family of arrays are ideally suited for interfacing between low logic level digital circuitry (such as TTL, CMOS or PMOS/NMOS) and the higher current/voltage requirements of lamps, relays, printer hammers or other similar loads for a broad range of computer, industrial, and consumer applications. 3.5 RELAYS A relay is an electrically operated switch. It allows one circuit to switch a second circuit which is completely separated from the first. The output from the driver IC is send to the corresponding relays which thus results in its excitation and gets activated. As a result it controls the corresponding home appliance.

APPLICATIONS
The main application of this circuit is that we can control any appliance by just being in our living room. This is very much helpful for elderly people as well as for those who are unable to walk either due to physical disabilities or due to accidents. This circuit enables us to control appliances in the top floor also. Another major use of our project is that we can turn off the operating devices all together at one shot by just pressing the power button. In homes/offices: It can be used To ON/OFF any 230V AC device remotely As a remote fan/air cooler regulator. Means you can ON/OFF fan/air cooler . In industries: it can be used as a Remote control for AC/DC drives. You can control all the functions of AC/DC drive from a safe remote place. Remote operated DC-Motor controller Remote operated Stepper-Motor controller

ADVANTAGES
Time saving as it is operated by a remote. Controlling all devices from one place. More secure as there is no direct contact with the appliance.

FUTURE MODIFICATIONS
The circuit can be modified to control all functions of a particular device like the TV remote controlling all processes of a television. Also the program can be altered to control the ON/OFF processes of more than eight appliances.

REFERENCE
1]http://arif-ece.blogspot.com/2010/05/circuit-for-controlling-8-appliances.html 2]http://www.8051projects.net/out.php?link=http://www.ustr.net/infrared/infrar ed1.shtml 3] The 8051 microcontroller - Kenneth J. Ayala

It's multi channel IR remote control so you can perform not just single but so many functions with this remote control. Micro-controller 89C51 is used in receiver part so its programmable remote control. You can program it to perform specific task or for specific application. Some applications that I have developed are "Remote control for home appliances", "Remotely operated DC Motor controller", "Remotely operated Stepper motor controller". If you are not satisfied with single channel remote control then this project will probably satisfy you. It is multi channel IR remote control so you can perform not just single but so many functions with this remote control and its receiving unit. This is multi channel system but here I have utilize only 4 channels but you can add more switches (and also more functions) up to 8 or even more than that. First we will see some of the features of this system Features: Micro-controller(89C51) based receiving unit Multi functional, programmable receiving unit Application specific programming of micro-controller for industrial purpose It's multi functional unit so can be attached to any application It can be used in industries to control/operate any application/device remotely It can be used in homes/offices to operate any appliance remotely like fan, bulb, air cooler, table lamp etc.